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- Catching up... Gregory Hines died. I used to take tap lessons, and he was one of the people I would try to emulate. Not a chance. Like the Nicholas Brothers before him, Hines made the really really hard stuff look... |
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Asshats (Aug 13 2003 08:40 GMT) - A study funded by the US government has found something most people already knew, that right wingers are arrogant, willfully ignorant arseholes, though not quite in those words. In other unsurprising news- Atkins is not a real diet. |
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- The next meeting of The Macintosh Business Users Society of Greater Philadelphia (MacBUS) will be held on Tuesday, August 26, 2003, at 6:30 p.m... |
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- Via Tom Negrino, comes a link to Al Gore’s speech on August 7th. It doesn’t matter if you are a Democrat, Republican, or neither—these remarks are well thought out and carry a lot of good content. |
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- It was a long weekend last weekend. Moving out and wrapping up loose ends took a while, and I don’t think that I got all the loose ends tied up. There were so many things to do that I couldn’t get them all to fit. |
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Nokia Envy (Aug 13 2003 08:40 GMT) - Rael just got a new phone. The 3650. I’ve been put off by the funny button layout and size, but after watching Rael play with his I really want one. The killer feature that has sold me: |
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- I drove from Portland to the Bay Area today (yesterday now) in order to take care of shutting down my apartment in SF. Some useless stats as reported by my GPS: Linear distance from my place in Portland to Jason’s in San Jose: 568mi Highway Mileage from Portland to San Jose: |
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- DNS for x180.net has now been flipped to point at the new server and it seems like the world has caught up as I’ve already received some email commenting on the new look and feel for the site. There’s a few more tweaks that I’ |
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- As part of the site transition, I’m making a move from using some tools that I’ve built to using some tools other people have built. It’s always hard to leave things that you’ |
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- Life is good. What brought this on? Earlier today I decided that I haven’t taken advantage of my patio yet and it was time. So I took a chair out, sat my butt down, and started hacking away thanks to my wireless network. |
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- I’ve just moved my server from my old apartment in San Francisco to my new server in Portland. Instead of taking the server down and flying it—along with the accompanying down time—I’ |
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- Het mooie weer van deze zomer lokt internetbezoekers naar buiten, waardoor ze minder gebruik maken van hun computers. Ook de... |
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Windows 95 (Aug 13 2003 08:40 GMT) - corrected the link |
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Windows 98 (Aug 13 2003 08:40 GMT) - corrected the link |
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- 'Substantial' reward offered |
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- Paul Boutin: "If wireless Internet access is such a hot technology, why is it such a dud business?" |
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- It's nice that the Dem candidates are at least acting as if they care about the vast part of the... |
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- He was the centerpiece of their training camp only a summer ago, a reinvigorated star coming off a Pro Bowl season for a team widely predicted to go to the Super Bowl. |
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- An accountant is jailed for three months for refusing to pull down an unauthorised extension. |
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- England cricket coach Duncan Fletcher defends his record in response to an attack from Geoffrey Boycott. |
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- Après la manifestation de soutien aux Equatoriens victimes de rafles à Saint-Gilles, aux Afghans en grève de la faim à Ixelles et à tous les réfugiés ... |
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- Bis vor kurzem dachte ich, dass ich als Statistikverrückter zu einer Minderheit gehöre, doch nachdem ich bei Mensa noch ein paar kennen gelernt habe ist mir heute die Seite EuroBillTracker über den Weg gelaufen. Da geben doch tatsächlich Leute die Seriennumern ihrer Scheine ein um ihren Weg zu verfolgen!Die meisten werden sich jetzt sicherlich an den Kopf schlagen, aber ich finde das extrem spannend und werde auch jetzt mitmachen. Wer schon immer mal wissen wollte an welchen Orten die Euro-Scheine in seinem Portmonnaie gesichtet wurden sollte bei Eurobilltracker auf jeden Fall vorbeischauen. |
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- I finally claimed my orphaned essays and publications and linked them from the left sidebar. For some reason I forgot them in my last redesign and yes, it took half a year to get around to the ten minute task... |
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- Even as the power and affordability of consumer technology have advanced dramatically in the past five years, concerns ranging from apprehension about upgrades to the economic downturn have kept many people out of stores. In a pilot project to help change the way people shop for technology solutions, Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard (HP) have recently joined forces to open "experience centers" in retail stores in four states -- with more to come in the fall across the U.S. The centers are comprised of individual kiosks that feature complete technology solutions around specific scenarios, such as the digital-photography experience or the music experience. |
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- A software maker specializing in tools for measuring performance of PC hardware said Tuesday that graphics chip leader Nvidia has rejoined its development program after a dustup over alleged cheating on performance tests. Futuremark, a Saratoga, Calif.-based company that is the leading supplier of "benchmarking" applications, said in a statement that Nvidia has rejoined its worldwide development program, which includes technology heavyweights such as Intel, Advanced Micro Devices, Microsoft and Nvidia rival ATI Technologies. |
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- Call it the Frankenworm. The latest threat to hit the Internet is a piecemeal compilation of programs cobbled together to do a single job: spread across the Internet. The Frankenstein's monster of code stitches together a widely available file server, one of several public programs to exploit a widespread Windows flaw, and common techniques for compromising computers. The combination is unoriginal, but effective. |
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- The National Association of Minority & Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF) would like to recognize Cincinnati Bell for promoting Christopher Wilson to Vice President & General Counsel. For the past five years, Mr. Wilson has served as Associate General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary for the company’s Cincinnati-based operating units. [PRWEB Aug 13, 2003] |
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- The book aims to teach Managers and business owners how go about working ‘smarter’ through developing relationships with your customers and with other relevant businesses. [PRWEB Aug 13, 2003] |
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- A patent in this field has been granted to the CIGB claiming the combination of a DNA with an antigen to improve the immune response against HCV. [PRWEB Aug 13, 2003] |
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- The Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals is proud to present its Eighth Annual European Conference entitled, The Intelligent Use of Business Analysis from 22 to 24 October, 2003 at the Thistle Tower Hotel in London, UK. This is the largest annual gathering of professionals working with competitive intelligence in Europe. [PRWEB Aug 13, 2003] |
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- a 90-minute discussion and workshop exclusively devoted to business presentation skills, August 14, 2003, 12 to 1:30 p.m., at the chamber's office, 10707 Preston Road, Dallas. [PRWEB Aug 13, 2003] |
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- Entrepreneurs Foundation signs Vormetric, Inc, as the 100th participating company to join Entrepreneurs Foundation. As a participating company Entrepreneurs Foundation will facilitate Vormetric’s community involvement and philanthropic efforts. [PRWEB Aug 13, 2003] |
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- Join COF NJ METRO and Marketing and Change Agent, David Newman, of 360phila.com www.360phila.com for an Interactive exploration of "Creativity in Business" in the form of a Lunch Byte taking place on Thursday, August 28 at Just Jakes, 30 Park Street in Montclair from 12.00 noon to 2. |
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DialogMate (Aug 13 2003 08:35 GMT) - DialogMate adds a button to all the save and open Windows dialogs (you know those windows that pop up when you are saving a file and need to select where to save it). The new button adds a pop-up menu with user-defined favorite folders so you can quickly jump to... |
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- TRENTON, N.J. - A majority of motorists say they are satisfied with the service provided by the state's Motor Vehicle Commission, but a new poll has found that they still have many complaints about the agency. |
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- Cliff Schmidt of BEA has joined the Java.net blogging stable with a post about what standards mean to customers. The most important W is Why. (When I think of "Why", I always think of the scene in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, where Kirk tells Lt. |
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idm in midi (Aug 13 2003 08:35 GMT) - funny, and pretty cool.e_gor sent me this link through icq.idm, fully midi. no samples, no editted sounds. pure midi. |
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Windows Me (Aug 13 2003 08:35 GMT) - corrected the link |
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- World Junior Chess Champion in 1955 |
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